Enterprise cybersecurity continues to become increasingly more complex and stressful for CISOs and CIOs to successfully navigate. Take the recent SEC lawsuit against SolarWinds. For the first time, the SEC has brought charges against an individual—specifically a CISO—in connection with an enterprise cybersecurity incident. The ramifications based on this milestone moment ar...
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Our heritage is defined by our ability to shape and reshape identity security to fit the constantly changing needs of our customers. Grady Summers laid that out clearly in his recent blog post. This is what it takes to be the leader – you’ve got to lead, you’ve got to stay on your front foot, you’ve got to constantly push the envelope. So, when I sit here and think about o...
In a previous blog, I talked about a couple of “forcing functions” that dramatically increased the relevance and criticality of identity security in securing the modern enterprise. The most obvious was the pandemic and in short succession, the significant acceleration in a trend that we saw percolating within the enterprise for the last handful of years: digital transformat...
The term “legacy” is thrown around a lot in this industry. The immediate connotation is negative — the implication is that your technology is outdated, stagnant, and replaceable. And certainly, there is a short list of vendors in identity who are very much “legacy” in the traditional sense. They’ve given up on innovation. They no longer invest in that area of their busines...
CISOs have one of the most challenging jobs today. Not only are they tasked with creating policy that keeps their companies safe, but they are also in charge of executing that plan which often proves to be an even bigger challenge. Why? I’ll admit one reason is the technology component. Today’s identity security market can be quite confusing, especially to a new or unsophis...
Have you ever stopped to look at something and thought, “Hm, that doesn’t look right”? Maybe it’s the painting hanging on the wall in your living room and you notice it’s slightly off-center one day as you’re packing up to leave for work. Or maybe it’s the project at work you’ve been working on for months, and you’ve hit a standstill. You step back and revisit all the wor...
Nobel prize-winning author John Steinbeck once said, “…to find where you are going, you must know where you are.” Having a starting point in whatever journey you are undertaking is vital as the path forward starts from there. In the case of our world, identity security for large, complex enterprises – it’s not about a distinct start and end point. It’s not one-and-done. It...
When the pandemic took root back in 2020, companies moved to triage mode in order to rapidly become a 100% virtual workforce. The most pressing item on their list: get everyone access to everything they need to be productive on the job from home. Not only was the shift swift, it also created a significant margin for error when it came to the security of the business becaus...
People tend to want what they need. This is as true for technology solutions as it is for everything else. But while the truism may sound simple in theory, the unfortunate truth is that people don’t always know what they need. Often, customers need to see for themselves the positive outcomes that stem from implementing a solution before they understand why it is necessary. ...
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Remember the “easy button” from Staples that was all the rage in the workplace a few years ago? Well, I get this question all the time – is there a way to make this any easier, like an “easy button” for identity security? And truth be told, for what we do, the value we provide to customers, there isn’t an “easy button,” at least not in the traditional sense, but we do mak...